Wall-board retainer



Oct. 2, 1928.

J. STRAND WALL BOARD RETAINER Filed Dec. 6,' '1926 eyva Array V214 I Patented Oct. 2,, 1928.

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Application medmecemt cr c, 192s. serial 1%. 152,878.

My invention relatesflto the building industry, and it comprehends a unique wall board retainer which may beadvantageously used in building plastered walls and parti-- tions.

Wall board to aconsiderable extent has re-- placed the'lath in wall and 'partitionstructures, since it is more economical both in first cost and installation. Such wall board is commonly secured in place either by nails or a special retainingpiece.

1 It is an object of this invention to provide" a wall board retainer for the use designated is used..

' dram ondary. plate 16 The primary and above which embodies a pair of L-shaped members which are fastened together to form substantially a Z-shaped retainer but to have a double thickness web.

It-is another object of my invention to provide a Wall board retainer and a tongue integral with one thickness of the web and formed. at the free edge of a thickness opposite the flangeof this member so that one edge of the tongue is in the plane of the men'- tionededge. 4

It is a further objectof myiinventlon to provide a wall board retainer having a tongue which is so positioned that it may be conveniently engaged by an-in'strument and easily removed into an extended position in disposal to hold a wall board against an opposite tion will be evinced hereinafter. I

Referring to the drawing in which-I illustrate myinvention,

,Fig. 1 is a horizontal section taken through. a structure in which my wall board retainer Fig. 2 is an enlarged-fragmentaryperspec tive view showing" clearly my invention and l the manner in which wall boards are secured together.

Fi 3 is an showmg clearly the'construction of my.in-. vention. I l

The form of myinvention shown in the 'ng embodies a primary-member- 11'hav I a primary1plate12'from-which there extends at right angles thereto a primary flange 13, and a secondary member 15 having a seefrom which there extends at. right angles thereto a secondary-flange 17.- secondary members 11 and 15.. are secured-together by rivets 19. These rivets 19-extend through the primary andsec- I tended position,' they cooperate with either of the flanges 13.

enlarged horizontal section ondary plates 12 and l6', securing the prij-j I mary and secondary. members together so" I that adjacent faces of the primary and secondary plates contact each other. The primaryand secondary plates 12 :and '16 form a 13 extends outwardly from and atrightangles of the central web 20 and substantially at .to the central web 20 and the secondary flange. 4 17 extends outwardly from the-opposite edge site to the'extensio'n of the primary flange 13. 5 Formed at a fre'eedge 22 ofthe'primary primary flange 13, is a seriesof primary plate 12 which is that edge opposite from the tongues 23. These tongues 23 are termed so that outer edges 24 thereof are in the sameplane as the free edge 22 of the primary plate 12. Ata free edge 26 of the secondary plate 16, which free edge isxoppositefrom the secondary flange 17, a series of secondary tongues 27 is formed.- "Oute'r edges 28 of these tongues 27 are formed in the same plane as the free edge 260f the secondary plate 16 The primary and secondary tongues 23 and 27. normally rest in a position shown at the upper part of Fig. 2, so thatthey' are only slightly out of line with the central web 20.

In using the retainer of-my invention a.

plaster board 30 is placed so that one edgethereof engages either theprimary or see- 13 or 17. After the board 30 has been thus placed the tongues 23 or 27,

which cooperate with'the flange against which the board is placed, are moved into extended position whic is substantially at right angles to the web 20.- When the tongues are-m ex- I as-shown in the drawing,

or'17 to retain the .wall board firml y P e-- After the first wall bo'ard has been placed and 11 or liiis dispensed with and the plate of the member used is .-.sec'ured directly against the column 132. When the wall board retainer is used in a wall em loying studs, as indicated at 34, one of the ,fin es thereof is secured to an adjacent face of the ,stud 34. When the i in a part1- wall 'board'retainer is employed either theprimary or secondary Jmember 60 central vertical web 20. The primary flange right angles thereto, but in a directionoppo-' 10o at'a column 32, only one of v tion whichvdoes not use studs, the retainers are secured at their lower and upper ends.

to floor'and ceiling pieces and have an aspect as shown in the lower part of Fig. 1 and.

Fi s.2 and 3.

fter the wall boards have been installed a plaster coating 36 is applied to both sides i which is of double thickness and very rigid,

of the wall board as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

By makin my wall board retainer 1n two members it 18 possible for me to provide a superlative wall board retainer. The two members when secured together present a web sides in the ability to make the tongues of the wall board retainer connect with the free :dges of the primary and secondary members.

By such arrangement the tongues may be easily bent into extended position'because an implement, for example a screwdriver,,may

be inserted directly between the tongues and the-plate of the opposite member. When the tongues are not formed at the edge of the web of the wall board retainer, it is rather cumbersome to insert atool into a position suitable for extending them.

I claim as my invention: I

1. A wall board retainer consistingof: a primary member having a primary plate and a primary flange formedat one edge of said primary plate; a secondary member having a secondary plate and a secondary flange ex- I for fastening said base flanges together when said members have been placed together back tending from' one edge of said secondary plate; means for fastening said primary an said secondary plates together, said primary and secondary members defining a substantial Z-shape; primary tongues formed in said primary plate in connection with-a free edge of said primary plate; and secondary tongues formed in said secondary plate in connection with a free edge of said secondary plate.

2. A wallboard retainer consisting of: a

primary member. having a primary plate and a primary flange formed at one edge of said. primary plate; a secondary member having a secondary plate and a secor dary flange extending. from one edge of said secondary pla'te ;.means for fastening said primary and said secondary plates together, sothat said primary and secondary plates provide aweb i mary ton uesformed in said primary from the opposite edges of which said primary and secondary flanges extend in substantially opposite relative directions; pri- I I I p ate in-connection with a free edge of saidrimary plate; and secondary tongues forme in said secondary plate in connection with a free edge of said secondary plate. a I

i 3. A wall board retainer consisting of: a

primary member having aprimary plate and I a primary flange formed at one edge of said being in the primary plate; a secondary member having a secondary plate and a secondary flange extending from one edge of said secondary plate; means for fastening said primary and said secondary plates together, said prlmary and secondary members defining a substantial Z-shape; primary tongues formed in said primary late, one edge of each primary tongue being in the plane of a free edge of said primary plate; and secondary tongues formed in each secondary plate, one edge of said secondary tongue being in the plane of a free edge of said, secondary plate.

4:- A wall board retainer consisting of: a primary member having a primary plate and a primaryflange-formed at one edge of said primary plate; a secondary member having a secondaryplate and a secondary flange extending from one edge of said secondary.

plate means for fastening said primary and said secondary plates together, so that said primary and secondary plates provide a Web from the opposite edges of which said primary and secondary flanges extend in substantially opposite relative directions; .primary tongues formed in said primary plate, one edge of each primary tongue being 1n the plane of a free edge of said primary plate; and secondary tongues formed in said secondary plate, one edge of each secondary tongue plane of a 'free edge of said secondary plate.

5. A wallboard retainer comprising: two

angle ironimembers, each having a. base flange ]01I18Cl at one edge with a wing flange ;means to back so that said wing flanges extend in opposite directions; and tongues formed in said base flanges along free edges thereof, said tongues normally lylng substantially in the planeof the flange in which they. are formed ut being flexible outwardly in planes substantiall'y parallel with said wing flanges.

6. A wall board retainer comprising: two angle lronmembers, each having a base flange JOIIlEd at one ed c with a -w1ng flange; means for fastening said base flanges together when sgid members have been placed together back to back so that said wing flanges extend in opposite directions and in ofi'set relation to each other so that the-cross section of said retaineris substantially I Z-shaped; and tongues formed in said base flanges along free edges thereof, said tongues normally lying substantiall in the plane of the flange in ill.

126 which they are ormed but being flexible out-' JOSEPH STRAND. 

